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- System Overview2026-08-25
Investigation & charging
- Federal Charging and Commencement2026-08-25
- Investigation and Charging2026-08-25
Pretrial
- Initial Appearance and Pretrial Release or Detention2026-08-25
- Arraignment and Pretrial Disclosure2026-08-25
- Suppression, Severance, and Pretrial Evidentiary Motions2026-08-25
- Competency, Insanity Procedure, and Speedy Trial2026-08-25
- Pretrial2026-08-25
Plea & trial
- Plea Negotiations, Plea Agreements, and Rule 112026-08-25
- Federal Jury and Bench Trial2026-08-25
- Rule 29, Mistrial, Verdict, and Juror Misconduct2026-08-25
- Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33 — New Trial2026-08-24
- Plea and Trial2026-08-25
Sentencing
Direct review
Post-conviction
- Initial Section 2255 Motion, Filing, and Limitations2026-08-25
- Section 2255 Cognizability, Default, Actual Innocence, and Ineffective Assistance2026-08-25
- Section 2255 Screening, Hearing, Appeal, and Postjudgment Motions2026-08-25
- Later Section 2255 Filings — Classification and Authorization2026-08-25
- 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244 and 2255(h) — Successive-Application Gatekeeping2026-08-24
- 28 U.S.C. § 2241 — Filing, Custodian, District, and Administrative Exhaustion2026-08-25
- 28 U.S.C. § 2241 — Section 2255(e) Saving Clause, Custody, and Mootness2026-08-25
- 28 U.S.C. § 2241 — Appeal, Certificate of Appealability, and Relief2026-08-25
- Extraordinary Writs — Coram Nobis, Audita Querela, and Mandamus2026-08-25
- Executive Clemency — Pardon, Commutation, Reprieve, and Remission2026-08-25
- Post-Conviction2026-08-25
Sentence modification
Prison & sentence execution
- BOP Designation, Sentence Commencement, Aggregation, and Prior-Custody Credit2026-08-25
- Detainers, Prison Discipline, Good-Time Consequences, and RDAP2026-08-25
- 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b) — Good Conduct Time2026-08-24
- 18 U.S.C. § 3632 — First Step Act Time Credits2026-08-24
- Prerelease Custody, Residential Reentry, Home Confinement, and the CARES Act2026-08-25
- BOP Administrative Remedies, § 2241 Review, APA Limits, and Mootness2026-08-25
- Sentence Execution and BOP2026-08-25
Supervision & reentry
Circuit overlays
- Supreme Court and Nationwide Floor2026-08-26
- First Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Second Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Third Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Fourth Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Fifth Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Sixth Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Seventh Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Eighth Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Ninth Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Tenth Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Eleventh Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- D.C. Circuit Overlay2026-08-26
- Circuit Overlays2026-08-25
District courts
Checklists
- Practical Checklists2026-08-25
Decision trees
- Decision Trees2026-08-25
Glossary
- Glossary2026-08-25
Worked examples
- Worked Classification Examples2026-08-25